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Leonard James Coward

1888-1953

Unit

2nd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

21386

About

Born in England

22 November 1888
Residence

Hometown

Waihi
Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Waihi Gold Mining Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

A. S. Coward

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 64

26 August 1953

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5530 107/0029159, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.34, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 41.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Leonard James Coward (1888-1953)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/166

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